Scott Morrison insists he will not be 'bullied' as Coalition splits on climate widen.

The new Liberal MP Katie Allen has canvassed the need for the government to appoint a dedicated climate change minister, as the Coalition splits on how best to “evolve” its policy response.n

Liberal MP for Higgins, Katie Allen, wants
 a dedicated climate change Minister.

Allen, who was elected for the seat of Higgins in May, is one of a number of Liberal MPs who have been arguing internally for the government to increase its ambition on climate change against resistance from conservatives in the Coalition.

Allen’s suggestion for a climate change portfolio was made in a group chat of MPs in a discussion about how the government’s policies could be better communicated, sources have confirmed. She did not advocate in the group that the government needed to do more, but suggested there was frustration that voters were not hearing the government’s message. She argued that the “significant investment” being made by the government did not appear to be acknowledged in the community.

Allen proposed that her fellow Victorian MP Tim Wilson would be a good advocate to communicate the government’s policies.

Read the strong from The Guardian by Sarah Martin - “Scott Morrison insists he will not be 'bullied' as Coalition splits on climate widen.”